---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 4280.63"
title: "7"
number: "4280.63"
heading: "Exception authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/4280.63"
---

# §4280.63. Exception authority.


Except as specified in [paragraphs (a) through (c)](#a..c) of this section, the RBS Administrator may, on a case-by-case basis, make exceptions to any requirement or provision of this subpart, if such exception is necessary to implement the intent of the authorizing statute in a time of national emergency or in accordance with a Presidentially-declared disaster, or when such an exception is in the best interests of the Federal Government and is otherwise not in conflict with applicable law.

- (a) **Applicant eligibility.** No exception to applicant eligibility can be made.
- (b) **Project eligibility.** No exception to project eligibility can be made.
- (c) **Rural area definition.** No exception to the definition of rural area, as defined, can be made.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 72 FR 29843, May 30, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1989(a), 7 U.S.C. 2008s.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 41303, July 18, 2005, unless otherwise noted.